THE comparisons with David Beckham were obvious once Declan Rice bent in two long-range free-kicks to demolish the champions ...

Off the back of two incredible free-kicks against Real Madrid, Rice's stock has never been higher - and yet he can achieve so much more ...

DECLAN RICE put on a performance for the ages against Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final. He had gone more than 400 career matches without scoring a direct free-kick.

Champions League-winning midfielder Wesley Sneijder has bucked the trend with his verdict on Declan Rice's two 'extremely easy' free-kick goals against Real Madrid. Arsenal star Rice scored two ...

Declan Rice, who had never scored with a free kick in 338 competitive games, chose the grand stage of a Champions League ...

Two stunning free-kicks from Declan Rice and a goal from Mikel Merino ... The first was a beauty just before the hour mark, with Rice starting the ball outside the right post before bending ...

He’s an unbelievable guy, a great captain and I’m sure he’s looking at the hundred-mark for England. I think he can get that, for sure.” Myles Lewis-Skelly and Declan Rice The FA via Getty ...

Declan Rice scored two stunning free ... Arsenal edged a goalless first-half before Rice broke the deadlock on the hour mark with a brilliant free-kick, bending his strike around Real Madrid ...

Mikel Arteta has expressed confidence that the injuries Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice sustained ... on the field, Rice made way for Kieran Tierney at the 80-minute mark. Thankfully for the Gunners ...

At the time, Madrid didn't seem too concerned - it felt too far out for Saka or Martin Odegaard, Arsenal's freekick experts, and standing over the ball was Declan Rice, a man who had never scored ...